Not content with being the world's first deaf sounding rapper, 50 Cent also wants us all to give him a big old "aaaw". How? Well, Pifty Pent has revealed that the birth of his son changed his outlook on life and thus, became his inspiration.
The rapper was only eight years old when his mother was killed, and he decided that he would learn from her mistakes in 1997. Of course, '97 wasn't the year of 50 Cent's eighth birthday, but rather, when then-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins gave birth to their son Marquise.
"My little boy is my motivation," he explained. "He's really the reason why I had a real firm focus on writing music. It's weird that my mom went in the opposite direction when I was born. She didn't see welfare as an option, so she started to hustle and the things that came with that lifestyle. And she ended up being killed in that situation."
I wonder if the child is the inspiration for his lyrics? Lyrics like "In the hood niggas know, how I handle my problems I walk up close, and I fo', fo' revolve 'em; Don't make me run to you, put the gun to you, have yo ass on Phil Donahue explaining what the f*ck I done to you. Thug niggas in the street saying I'm sunning you, dude I'll smoke you every motherf*cker under you..." Makes you wonder don't it?
